As a colleague and I once agreed: "They just don't get it do they?" What I thought was a clear distinction and fairly well explained in ITIL and other supporting publications seem to be eluding many organisations and individuals. May…

Authors : Jenny Dugmore and Sharon Taylor, March 2008 Commissioned by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the UK, the official owners of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), the document is described as an Alignment White Paperâ¢ and contains a table that identifies the differences between…

A comprehensive and professionally produced download produced by the itSMF organization. The free download provides a high-level overview of ITIL V3. It is aimed at a general audience and is valuable to both an individual and organization who have simply heard of ITIL and also those that are…

For something that touted itself as the best thing to happen to IT service management, the silver bullet to all of IT woes, ITIL is no longer seen that way by many of the people who actually work in today's modern IT environment. The past several years have seen an…

As part of the continual improvement and refinement of ITIL in 2011 the ITIL V3 or version 3 books were revised following feedback from those adopting or utilising ITIL, especially around clarity and consistency across the five ITIL core publications. As a consequence minor alterations were made and in some…

The publication of the updated ITIL Core Publications on Friday 29th July 2011, entitled ITIL 2011, has resulted in the ITIL Glossary of Terms to be updated and translated accordingly. Six languages have been completed so far, with the remaining languages being updated and will be published in…

To assist with understanding the somewhat overly complicated ITIL Version 3 qualification scheme a free tool has been produced to enable the individual to calculate the number of credits associated with the courses already undertaken and also provide suggestions on future courses to consider. To access the tool click on…

The Stationary Office (TSO) in the UK has announced the official ITIL Version 3 Glossary of Terms has been translated into French and is available to download for free subject to agreement to the terms of use by clicking here. Info moved here.

ITIL V3 Glossary – Translations available for free download The OGC ITIL V3 Glossary has been translated into the following languages and are available to download for free: Brazilian Portuguese Translation Chinese Translation Danish Translation English …